De Blasio vows to hire private security for Rikers Island despite legal concerns

Reported By: nydailynews.com
September 21, 2021 06:22:19 PM

De Blasios privatization push could run into trouble because of a bill signed into law by Gov. George Pataki in 2002 that bars the city from outsourcing jail jobs.

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